When was the last time you read a book — for fun? When was the last time your child or grandchild did? In a world dominated by screens of all sizes, reading for pleasure — particularly a traditional ...

Some of my favorite early parenting memories are reading children’s books aloud to my babies. From Sandra Boynton’s whimsical rhyming animal board books to Robert Munsch’s beloved I’ll Love You ...

Early-elementary teachers work hard all year to support their students’ emerging reading skills. The payoff—gains in literacy progress—tends to come toward the end of the school year, just as it’s ...

When market research firm Circana issued a report on the slump in the middle grade market in July, it was not so much a surprise as a continuation of disheartening news for the category, whose sales ...

Fewer Americans are opening a book for fun each day, with reading for pleasure in the United States down 40% over the past 20 years, a new study finds. Researchers from University College London and ...

A sweeping new study finds daily pleasure reading in the U.S. has fallen more than 40% over the past two decades. The decline is sharpest among Black Americans, rural residents, and people with lower ...

It’s a summer day and it's too hot to play outside. Your child is glued to a screen, content to spend their day with air-conditioning and digital media. Sound familiar? It’s the time of year when many ...

Recent surveys show a significant decline in American schoolchildren reading for pleasure, from 70% in 1984 to 36% today. Author Edgar Rice Burroughs, creator of Tarzan and other adventure heroes, ...